retrogusto

waveparticle said:

retrogusto said:

The action button is cool, but the mute switch is very useful and many of us have been using it regularly for 15+ years, so I don’t know why they felt the need to remove it. We could have had both, and the mute switch has the significant benefit of showing its status at a glance, something the action button cannot do. Maybe the 16 Pro?

I think you can choose the mute option for the Action Button then your new iPhone will behave exactly like your old one. 

The issue is that it doesn’t show the status. So if you don’t remember if your phone is muted, you’d have to hit it once to see if you just muted or unmuted it, and then either hit it a second time or not, depending on what its previous status is revealed to be. Not the end of the world, but certainly an awkward step backwards from what we’ve enjoyed for the last 16 years. 

The action button is cool, but the mute switch is very useful and many of us have been using it regularly for 15+ years, so I don’t know why they felt the need to remove it. We could have had both, and the mute switch has the significant benefit of showing its status at a glance, something the action button cannot do. Maybe the 16 Pro?

The tough thing for me was having to choose between a small & light phone and a phone with the best cameras. In the end I decided to stick with what I had (Xs) which was lighter and more compact than the newer Pro and had the tele camera that the Mini didn’t. Plus I already owned it, so not buying a new phone saved me a little money, even if I would have gladly spent it for a Mini with Pro-level specs. I’m still hoping that the next SE will be essentially a Mini with upgraded specs—at that point it may be enough of an upgrade to justify, even if it doesn’t have the absolute latest and best of everything. 

People scoff at the incremental differences in weight and size over the years, but a current top-of-the line iPhone [14 Pro Max] weighs more than two top-of-the-line iPhones from 2012 (240g vs. 112g for the iPhone 5), and they have only gotten thicker since the iPhone 6.

A 10% weight reduction seems like a lot to hope for, but it would be enough to make a noticeable difference in everyday use (and even when you’re just carrying it around and not using it), more than an ultrawide camera, a processor speed upgrade or smaller bezels. Plus, titanium looks great.